October Update

We enjoyed the COE Park in Waco, TX.  Our stay was nice and  we stayed there until the eleventh of September.  There were full hook up sites there and our only complaint was the Walnut trees dropping their nuts on our rig.  We did have to move after most of our stay into another site as we could not get the same site reservations for our entire stay.  When we moved, we were no longer under the Walnut tree and, I could get satellite. 

Next we headed to Dyess Air Force Base and their FamCamp!  We checked in there on the 11th and stayed until 18th.  This is a fairly nice FamCamp and we did enjoy our stay.  I must say this base has the Best static display of aircraft I have seen.

Next we went to "The Ranch", an Escapees Co Op park in Lakewood, NM.  We appreciated the hospitality from the folks there and while we were there we were able to visit the UFO Museum in Roswell, NM and we visited Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad, NM.

We left the Ranch on the 27th and drove to Holiday KOA in Bernalillo, NM, just north of Albuquerque, NM.  We met up with Gary and Mary Olsen before we went into the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta as Co-Hosts for the Escapee HOP.  The KOA was an OK campground, but, as usual, over priced and my satellite dish pointed to the tree next to our site.  When we left, the tree next to our site was very misplaced and in a VERY BAD place.  We had an empty site in front of us, so I went through that site to get out.

On the 1st of October we went into the Balloon Fiesta Fairgrounds.  We had our challenges, but we were able to work them all out and got spaces for all of our attendees.  We really had a good time watching the balloons and would highly recommend attending the fiesta.  I'm sure you would enjoy it as much as Debby and I did.

We moved from the fairgrounds today to American RV Resort.  Nice campground and we will be here until the 19th.   I'll add pictures of this place nest blog.

Travel safe, and I'll type more later!

September Update

We enjoyed our month volunteering at C.A.R.E.  This is an independent living facility for Escapee members who are ready to come off the road or just recooperate from a medical issue.  We volunteered there last September and decided to volunteer in August this year.  They have trouble getting volunteers in July, August and September due to the extream heat in Texas during those months.  If you are ever in the Livingston, TX area, take a tour of C.A.R.E. and if so moved, fill out the paperwork to become a volunteer.  They would want you to volunteer for at least one month.  While there, they had a Luau for the residents and we volunteers through a Moroccan night.  I think the residents enjoyed them both.

There have been changes in some of the residents since we were there last year.  Some have departed and new ones have arrived.  It was certainly an enjoyable month.  We plan on returning to volunteer again next year, probably on our way back to Florida.

We left C.A.R.E. on Tuesday, 4 September and have arrived at Midway COE RV Park in Waco, TX.  We will be staying here for a week and then continue heading to the Balloon Fiesta.

Travel Safe, and I'll type more later.

Monthly Update

Once the  reunion was complete, we visited with some old friends, Steve and Elaine Williamson, and departed Carlyle Lake COE park and drove north to Gailesburg East Campground in Knoxville, IL.  We stayed there for 2 nights before heading on to Grant COE Park in Potosi, WI.  Both of the COE parks were nice enough, but only had electricity.  We were thankful for that as the weather had really started to get hot.  Camping in WI, completed our loser 48 states camped in and the only state that we can drive to left to camp in is AK.  We did go on a cruise last year to AK, but we still have not camped there.  Maybe in the future.We stayed at Grant Campgound for 4 nights before heading to our friends, Bill and Donna's in Sprinfield, SD.

We had a wonderful visit with our friends Bill and Donna. We stayed with them for 19 days. It was really good to visit with them.  

We left Bill and Donna's house and headed south toward Livingston, TX to volunteer at C.A.R.E.  We pretty much followed the trek we went last year.  Our next stop was a York RV Park in York, NE.  We stayed there for four nights and then went on to Wellington KOA in Wellington, KS.  We only stayed there for one night and headed on to Red River Ranch and RV Park in Thackerville, OK.  We stayed at Red River Ranch for 6 nights.  The closest stores near the campground were 10 miles away in TX.  This campground was right on the TX/OK boarder.  It was a nice campground, but the temperatures were really high.   We enjoyed temperatures up to 118 degrees while we were there.  

We next headed to Lake Conroe Thousand Trails park.  This is one of the nicest Thousand Trails we have been in, at least the section we were in.  We were in the "New" section, with paved sites and patios, fire rings and full 50 amp hook ups.  We toured the area and the park.  The remainder of the park is like many Thousand Trails parks, roads need work, most of the other sites are in less than optimum condition.  As with most Thousand Trails, the amenities are really nice.

We stayed at Lake Conroe Thousand Trails until July 30th and headed the 60 miles to Escapees C.A.R.E. in Livingston, TX.  We are volunteering again as we did last September.  We will be here until 4 September when we will be heading west towards the Balloon Festia.  We are really looking forward to that.

Well, travel safe and I'll write more later.